Leaders Must Join Hands To Pull Nigeria Out Of Its Current Challenges –Said Buhari

   President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all those in
leadership positions across the strata of the society to
join hands and pull the country out of its current
challenges.

He made the call on Friday when he received a cross
section of residents of the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT), led by the Minister of the FCT, Muhammad Bello,
who paid him Christmas homage at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
According to him, Nigeria’s main problem is how to get
the right leadership in place for the general good of the
society.
He said “for the leaderships at various stages, both civil
and spiritual, we need to be patient in managing the
society.
“We need to come together and pull the country out of
these problems that we find ourselves, everybody in the
world believes that Nigeria is a lucky country because
of its natural resources.
“Our problem is how to organise ourselves and how to
get the right leadership in place”>
On security challenges, Buhari said no society
developed in an atmosphere of insecurity and social
discontent.
He, therefore, maintained that his administration was
determined to persuade the Boko Haram militants if
they could be persuaded to allow peace to reign in the
country.
The President expressed concern over the pathetic
conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in
some parts of the country and urged Nigerians to
partner with government in uplifting the quality of life of
the IDPs.
He commended the security agencies, the Victims
Support Fund led by Retired Gen. T. Y. Danjuma and the
G-7 for their support and assistances to the IDPs.
He added that “we appreciate that the security agencies
are doing their best and their best is showing and we
have to continue praying for them.
“There can be no development without security; we
have to continue to pray.
“If we have two million people as IDPs and 70 per cent
are women and children and 30 per cent of them are
children, some them are orphans, they will grew up not
knowing their parents, tradition or culture, then, as
leaders we have a weighty responsibility to ensure that
infrastructure for the orphans are taken care of.
“As leaders, we must realise that the most important
thing for those children is that they must not be denied
education; schools must be rebuilt.
“We also thank (Victims Support Fund) Danjuma and the
G-7 led by the U.S.; they have been doing their best to
help Nigeria to train our military and provide support to
the IDPs and areas affected by the insurgency”.
Earlier, the FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, and the
leader of the Christian community in Abuja, Israel
Akanji, commended the President for his vision and
leadership qualities.
Mr. Akanji urged Nigerians, irrespective of socio-
political backgrounds, to support and show more
understanding to the various policies and programmes
of the government meant to pull the country out of its
challenges.
Highlight of the event was the presentation of Christmas
cards to President Buhari by various groups in the FCT.